The Cardiff Times

NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. A New Departure. Our London Welsh correspondent says :— The Executive Committee of the National Eisteddfod of 1909 (London) will, I understand,* meet no Wednesday next to complete their list of subjects for competition previous to sub- mitting the same to the Gorsedd and the National Eisteddfod Association for confirma- tion. It is understood that the complete list, together with the names of the adjudicators selected for each section, will be ready for announcement at the proclamation on Wednes- day, the 10th of June. In regard to the adjudi- cators, it is rumoured that the Archdruid is to beappointed not an adjudicator, but an umpire in case of any dispute between the two who will be asked to adjudge the merits of the poetical compositions. This is a departure which, on the surface, at any rate, strikes one as being an excellent one. Mr T. H. Thomas (Arlunydd Penvgarn), the Herald Bard of the Gorisedd, has been in con- sultation with the Gorsedd Committee as to the details of the ceremony which is to take place on the 10th prox. in the Temple Gardens. In London a Gorscddic procession through the public streets is out of the question, but every effort will be made to secure a simple, impres- sive, and, as nearly as possible, traditionally perfect Gorsedd. The whole proceedings, under the guidance of the Archdruid, Dyfed, will he carried on in the Welsh language, all Ar.glo-SaXon observations being reserved until the Eisteddfod banquet, which will be held in the evening in the King's Hall, Holborn Res- taurant. There again a special feature will be made of Welsh pennillion, which will be sung to the triple-stringed harp by Eos I>ar and Miss K. Cordelia Rees, and of Welsh alawon, which will be rendered by Mr Merlin Morgan's Mate Voice Choir.

On Monday evening a child of six, Elsie Wildo, of Gwem-terrace, Swansea, was received at the hospital suffering from a Iractured leg j sustained through a tail off a bridge near the Dock.

Liberal-Labour Splits. r HON. IVOR GUEST'S STRAIGHT SPEAKING. The Cardiff and South Glamorgan Arrangement. Speaking at a smoking concert in the Liberal offices, Cardiff, on Saturday evening, in aid of the entertainments fund in connection with the Free Trade bazaar that is being promoted, the Hon. Ivor Guest, M.P., referred to the Dundee contest as one of an unsatis- factory character in that it was not r a straight tight between the principles of progress and Conservatism. Had it been a straight fight the hearts of many of them would have been morc in it. All Liberals felt that it was a very great pity the Progres- sive forces .should be in any sense divided. He wondered why it was that it seemed impos- sible so very often to come to an understand- ing with the Labour party. He did not think there was a man in the Liberal party who would deny the Labour party or any section of it the right to be represented in Parliament. At the same time there ought to be an under- standing to prevent their gttting in each other's way and injuring each other at elections. (Hear, hear.) The people who placed them- selves in the position of wTeckers of progres- sive principles were incurring a very grave re- sponsibility. He felt their policy as a Liberal party was clear—let them come to an arrange- ment by whicç. this wrecking proccRs that only let in the party of reaction would he stopped. (Hear, hear.) He hoped in Cardiff wisfltf counsels might prevail. He did not think the Labour party ought to forget that that city was allotted to the Liberal party as part of an understanding made by Mr Herbert Gladstone when he was Chief Whip. All the circumstances were considered, and South Glamorgan was given to the Labour party and Cardiff to the Liberal party. So far as the latter party was con- cerned they had been faithful to that under- standing. Personally he felt bound by it, and the little influence he possessed with the farmers of the Vale of Glamorgan he tried to exercise for Mr Brace's berfefit. He was sure Mr Brace himself would abide by that under- standing. Under the circumstances it was an act of aggression on the part of the Labour party to challenge that position, and he hoped they did not intend to press the candidature of an Independent Labour man in Cardiff. He said, By all means let us have peace let us have un understanding with the other sections of the Progressive movement." But if they were to be challenged in the way they were being in some instances they would have to reconsider their position. They could not allow themselves as a great party to be supplanted step by step. He did not wish to menace their friends, but a grave responsibility would attach to them if, as the result of their action, they forwarded the cause of the reactionary party in Cardiff. He went on to point out that the Liberal party was the only party able to advance the cause they had at heart in Cardiff. He claimed the Government had kept its pledges, and expressed his belief that those present were satisfied with what the party had done. (Applause.) In conclusion, he commended the bazaar to the sympathies of those present, remarking that the object was a worthy one, and that it was a good thing for the party to have a definite object to work for. (Applause.) Sir Clifford Cory, M.P., also delivered a brief address, complimenting the Hon. Ivor Guest on the excellent speech he made the previous night at the annual meeting of the association, and pointing out that the member for Cardiff was not only a hard-working and able politician, but was also what every Englishman liked—a true sportsman. (Ap- plause. ) Sir Clifford also touched upon the conflict of the Liberal and Labour parties in some constituencies, and commented upon the fact that at the last .election several Labour men were returned to Parliament by Liberal votes. Liberals, however, were human like other people, and if Labour candidates were put up in opposition to Liberals in constituencies where they had no chance of winning he thought Labour members in other constit- uencies which they might win with the aid of Liberal votes would lose through the absten- tion of those Liberals as a protest against the action of the Labour party in other con- stituencies. Labour members ought to con- aider that possibility. In conclusion, he spoke of their indebtedness to Lady Wimborne for the great interest she was taking in the con- stituency, and for the splendid work she was doing for the bazaar, the success of which socially, if not financially, was assured. The smoking concert, which was presided over by Mr J. W. Farrar, was a very enjoy- able function. A capital programme was con- tributed by Mr Tom Price's party, Messrs Griffiths, P. J. Evans, D. T. Lewis, Tom Price, James Hosgood, McPherson, T. Bargery, W. G. Harrington, E. W. Holder, and W. Bagett. Madame J. Charles-Hosgood acted as accom- panist. Mr H. G. C. Allgood (Liberal agent) an- nounced that was the first of several smoking concerts they proposed to hold in that room next season. (Applause.) He congratulated Mr Tom Price on the excellent glee party he had got together at short notice, and said that party was prepared to assist ward associations who promoted concerts. Mr Brace and the Hon. Ivor Guest In his speech at Cardiff on Saturday night, referring to the selection of a Labour candi- date for the city, the Hon. Ivor Guest, M.P., is reported to have said :— He did not think the Labour party ought to forget that that city was allotted to the Liberal party as part of an understanding made by Mr Herbert Gladstone when he was Chief Whip. All the circumstances were Considered, and South Glamorgan was given to the Labour party and Cardiff to the Liberal party. Personally he felt bound by it, and the little influence he possessed with the farmers of the Vale of Glamorgan he tried to exercise for Mr Brace's benefit- He was sure Mr Brace himself would abide by that understanding. Under the circum- stances it was an act of aggression on the part of the Labour party to challenge that position, and he hoped they did not intend to press the candidature of an Independent Labour man in Cardiff. Interviewed on the(subject on Monday, Mr W. Brace, the member for South Glamorgan, said, I cannot understand how Mr Guest can have been led into making such a state- ment as this. Clearly, he has been sadly misin- formed. I very much regret that my name, and the name of the division I represent, have been brought into this discussion at all, for Cardiff and South Glamorgan have no such a relation, as a result of Mr Herbert Gladstone's award, as Mr Grtest appears to suppose. As a matter of fact Cardiff was not considered at all during those negotiations, nor was there any allusion to Cardiff in the terms of reference submitted to Mr Gladstone, who was called in by the Labour and Liberal sections in South Glamor- gan merely to determine whether Mr Leif Jones or myself should be the selected candi- date to contest the constituency against Col. Wyndham Quin. Not only I personally but also the Miners Federation and the Labour section in South Glamorgan have loyally carried out the terms of the award, and so also, let it be said to their credit, have all the Pro- gressives, Liberals, and Radicals in the divi- sion. I certainly never heard that Cardiff was in any way involved in that arrangement."

WALKED INTO A POND AND OUT At Tredegar on Monday a young Sirhowy collier, Thomas Pearce, was charged with at- tempting to commit suicide on Sunday by walking into a pond. He seemed little the worse for his adventure. P.C. Warburton said he found him standing drenched on the bank of the pond, and he charged him with at- tempting to commit suicide. Defendant said he had had a lot of trouble at home and had received notice to quit the house. The Clerk He walked into the pond and then walked out ? He evidently didn't like it. Defendant was told by the chairman (Mr E. Jones Williams) that life was short enough without putting an end to it and Mr T. J. Price, J.P., told defendant he was not acting a very manly part he should face trouble and overcome it. The defendant was given over into the custody of his brothers, who said they would look after him.

SCHOOLS CONCORDAT. Bishop Favours Conference. The Bishop of Chichester has written as follows to a correspondent concerning the proposed conference on the education ques- tion :— i Sir,—(1) I am strongly in favour of a con- ference. (2) It ought to be thoroughly repre- sentative. (3) I believe a settlement might be arrived at if those taking part in the conference would, as the Archbishop of Canterbury sug- gested in his speech in the House of Lords on the Bishop of St. Asaph's Bill, consider not only wliat they themselves think reasonable, but what the others think reasonable from their point of view.'—Faithfully yours (signed) C. J. Cicester."

LtANELLY J.P. FINED. At the Llanelly Police Court on Monday the Bench gave their decision in the ease in which Mr John Jones, inspector of weights and measures, summoned Mr C. W. Mansel Lewis, J.P., D.L., Stradey Castle, for having in his possession an unjust weighing machine. The case was heard some time ago, and Mr D. R. Edmunds represented Mr Lewis, submitting that his client had no interest in the machine, and derived no revenue from it.-The Pre- siding Magistrate (Mr Thomas Jones) Upon the facts before us we have no other course open but to find that the defendant had the unjus't weighing machine in his possession for use in trade. We fine him 20s and costs.

An election was held at Abergwynfi on Monday to fill the vacancy on the Neath TiCr&rd of Guardians caused by the death of Mr Daniel Evans. The candidates were Mr Thomas Lewis Evans (Unionist), son of the late member, and Mr Thomas Williams (Labour), who was nominated by the Miners' Federation. The result was as follows :— Thomas Williams, 386; T. L. Eyans," 263; Labour majority, 123.

¡ Archdeacon of Monmouth ANNUAL VISITATION AT NEWPORT. The Church & Temperance Work. BISHOP'S BILL CONBEMNED. The Ven. W. Convbeare Bruce. Archdeacon of Monmouth, paid his annual visitation to the clergy of the Rural Deaneries of Bedwellty, Blaenau Gwent, Caerleon, Netherwent, and Newport, at the 'Church of St. Woolos, New- port on Monday. There was a large attend- ance of clergy and churchwardens. The Archdeacon called attention to Church obligations arising from increased population in the mining centres of the rural deaneries of Bedwellty and Blaenau Gwent. In these districts 51 clergy ministered in 59 churches and mission rooms, which gave a proportion of one clergyman to 4,000 of the population. The average income of the incumbents was £243. Sixteen additional curates were urgently needed, irrespective of the need of more popu- lous centres in the rural deanery of Newport. £2,000 a year was needed for additional curates alone, while in many parishes a large capital expenditure was required in connection with the building of churches and mission rooms. Touching on the Licensing Bill, the Arch- deacon said there was a sharp difference of opinion, which was probably reflected at that gathering, and it would ill become him, there- tore, to make use of such an opportunity to press upon them any view as to controversial points which might commend itself to his own present judgment. There was, however, a common ground which would unite them all. Surely there was no more momentous question waiting forsolution than that of the due control of the liquor traffic. Those of them whose minis- terial experience included the large town populations, and his own included Ports- mouth, London, and Newport, had long since learned by personal observation what was the measure of the bondage to drink, and something of the unspeakable curse of its tyranny. The opponents of temperance reform could not be found amongst them, and no man with any sense of Christian responsi- bility could put from him the obligation to exert every effort in promoting temperance, first, by the reduction of the existing number of public houses, admittedly greatly in ex- cess of any legitimate demand, and by diminishing the facilities for drink in places other than public houses and under conditions where no control or supervision could be exercised. As to the methods to be adopted, they were on common ground when they insisted that any legislative measure proposed should give good promise of effectively check- ing the evils. of drunkenness, and should do so without violation of the principles on which civilised society was founded in other words, that no sort of injustice should be inflicted on individuals on the ground of a higher justice to the community. Those who supported the Licensing Bill were honestly and sincerely convinced that the Bill, if passed, would prove a real and effectual temperance measure, and that it would bring about to a very large degree the reform for which they had waited for many years. They were also convinced that the means taken in the Bill to secure reform were firstly, even generously, conceived in the interests of licence helders and of the Trade generally. These were convictions honestly held, and they could not therefore refrain from giving strenuous support to the Bill. If, on the other hand, there were others who with similar honesty and sincerity, and actuated by an equally earnest desire for tem- perance reform, could only believe that the Bill would fail in its main objects, and by too vigorous curtailment of personal liberty would exasperate people to resort to methods and practices which would add further degradation to their vice, and if the methods of the Bill secured limitations tainted by an attack on principles on which all public confidence and all security must repose, then it was their clear duty to oppose the Bill. Passing on to deal with the education ques- tion, the Archdeacon said that the new situa- tion created by the Bishop of St. Asaph's Bill had not been without surprises. There could be no doubt, however, that its later condem- nation by the Archbishop, followed by the argued opposition of the National' Society, expressed the verdict of the preponderating majority of Church people, and that was the only possible verdict. If there were" nothing else regarded as a grave defect in the Bill, the third clause, which gave powers to trustees of all non-provided schools held under charitable trusts to arrange by agreement for the trans- fer of the schoolhouse to the local education authority, would necessarily unite Church people in irreconcilable opposition. There was considerable danger that the very weariness of this painful controversy induced a desire for peace, if not at any price, on terms which would involve the surrender of principles for which they had long strenuously contended, and leave them little but the husks of the har- vest for which they had sown and laboured, and the contempt of their opponents. No compromise based on obvious injustice ever yet closed a controversy, and until a Bill wae introduced on right principle, dealing to all equal justice, this controversy would go on.

CWMPARK MAN'S ARREST. REMARKABLE CHARGE. At Upper Rhondda Police Court on Monday W. Jones Humphries, single, Cwmpark, collier, surrendered to his bail on a charge of conceal- ing the birth of a newly-born male infant child which was found in a lane near the Treherbert football field on Wednesday morning last; The body was found by John Williams, a brake.driver. At the inquest on Friday Dr. Williams, Treherbert, caused a sensation by expressing an opinion, that the baby had been smothered by something being placed over its mouth, as the nose was twisted on one side. Late on Friday evening Humphries was ar- rested, and Sergt., Rees Davies, Treherbert, now gave evidence, stating that when charged prisoner replied that he had been drinking all day at Pontypridd. He got into the train, he said, to return home to Treorky. He was by himself in the compartment, and he saw a parcel unter the seat. He fell asleep in the train and awoke at Treherbert, a station above Treorky. He then picked up the pack. age, and finding the contents, left it in the lane leading to the football field near some stables. On the application of Inspector Williams a remand was granted for seven days. The Inspector informed the Stipendiary that as yet the police had no clue to the mother of the infant. Bail was again allowed.

BOY'S FALL DOWN SHAFT. SICKENING FATALITY AT MORRISTON. Late on Sunday night a shocking fatality occurred at Morriston. Two boys, Oswald Thomas, eight, and his five years old brother, of Morriston, who Had been spending Sunday with an aunt at Pentre EstyU, were returning to their home, and on reaching the Copper Pit they began playing with the winding-rope of the shaft. The elder boy fell into the shaft, a depth of 120 yards. The younger brother some two hours later informing his stepmother of the affair, Inspec- tor Morris at once repaired to the colliery. Sinker Williams descended the shaft, and in the sump found the deceased in a mutilated condition. The head was smashed, both arms and legs were fractured, and one foot was severed. The remains were removed home'in a sack. It appears that the pit was idle on Sunday,the only person in attendance being the engine-driver, who at the time must have been in the engine- room, about twenty yards from the pit-mouth. Consequently the first that was known of the fatality was an intimation received from the other lad, who had run over and told his step- mother. The pit is worked by two cages, one of which remains at the top while the other is at the bottom. The entrance to the cages is barred by a fence, and so the boy must have got over or under it, fallen down to the top of the lower cage, and then rolled off into the sump.

MARGAWTTND THE HOUSING QUESTION. Margani District Council monthly meeting was held on Monday, Major T. Gray presiding. The Medical Officer (Dr. J. 1J. Davies) re- ported a birth rate of per 1,000 death rate, 9'55 per 1,000. Two cases of enteric fever were reported at Bryndti Fach. A letter was read from the clerk to the County Council on the subject of small hold- ings. The Clerk said he had not received any applications for allotments or small holdings, and the Chairman said he thought that for the present the matter should be left in the hands of the County Council. Mr R. Llewellyn moved that they request the County Council to send a lecturer to explain the Act. This was unanimously agreed to. Mr W. Lewis moved that the Council appoint a committee to consider the question of bringing into operation the Housing of the Working Classes Act. There was. he said, at present a famine of houses, and this caused very high rents. There Were also syndicates and clubs building houses for jE150 which were being afterwards sold for £200 to £220. The result was that the poor had to suffer in the matter of heavy rents. It was their duty as a public body to provide houses at a more reasonable rent. A committee was appointed to deal with the question.

BARRYPJQ/SCONDTTION. George Searle, the Barry boatman, charged on remand with the attempted murder of P.C. Walter Shilhun at Barry Island a fortnight ago, was agairi brought up before Mr C. A. Heywood and Mr William Thomas at the Police Court on Monday. Dr. Percy Billups informed the Bench that the constable was still too ill to attend, and he was not sure whether lie would be in a fit state to appear in a week's time. Mr H. Morgan Hers, who again appeared for the prisoner, said he did not know whether the constable was out of danger. If he was out of danger he believed that the Bench might safely grant bail. Mr C. A. Hey wood I don't think it is a case for bail at all. Prisoner was accordingly again remanded in custody for a week.

I Mania for Books. FORMER NEWPORT MAN CHARGES. Hereford City Police Court had a special platform erected in front of the dock on Mon- day for the display of a number of books, from a total of nearly 3,000 which had been seized at the farmhouse of David William Pugh, Moorfield Farm, Allensmore, near Hereford, formerly of Newport. Although a printed catalogue of the whole of the books has been issued by the police, indentifi- cation proceeds slowly. Defendant was com- mitted for trial last week on a charge of taking 292, which were identified by Mr Carver's assistant, from 8, High Town, Here- ford. Two further informations, one from Cardiff and the oiher from Newport, had been expected on Monday before the Hereford Bench, but only the Cardiff case came on. Pugh was then charged with having in his pos- session certain books to the number of 28, to wit, Hasting's Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels and the International Critical Commentary," and others, value £4 16s 6d, which belonged to the Principality Educa- tional Depot Company. Limited, of Cardiff. Mr J. Moore defended. The plea was religious mania. Henry Robinson Firmin, of Diana-street, Roath Park, Cardiff, manager for the prose- cutors. said Pugh had frequently come to the shop on Saturdays, in the evening, and would stay about an hour. As a rule he went to the basement, where theological books, old and new, were kept. There would not always be an assistant in the basement. Occasionally de- fendant carried a carpenter's frail. Defendant had made two or three small purchases of books. Witness once said to him about two years ago, Look here, Mr Pugh. you come in here almost every Saturday night, and stay here about an hour and scarcely ever purchase anything." Pugh was annoyed. For the last 12 months witness had not seen him in the shop. In consequence of a communication made to him by the Cardiff police, witness went to Hereford and examined books which had been placed in two cells. He identified Hasting's Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels" by his own mark. He was quite sure he did not sell it to Pugh. He identified the International Commentary on the Psalms, vol. 1.. as containing the price 10s 6d in his handwriting. He never sold it to Pugh. He identified 28 other books as the property of the company. He had no doubt that these books were not sold. By the Bench The defendant nearly always wore a long overcoat. Detective-inspector Ovens said the books were fully displayed in the house. Defendant was committed on this charge also, and allowed out on bail.

ASIATICS ON BRITISH HIPS. i Newport Seamen's Protest. A large meeting of seafarers and others, under the auspices of the National Sailors and Firemen's Union, was held on Sunday morning to protest against the steady influx of Chinese and Lascar cheap labour into British ships. Mr Wm. Cadogan, president of the Newport Trades Council, presided, and was supported by Messrs F. Heath (secretary Trades Council), J. Cadogan (N.A.L.U.), and Dawson, Morgan, Jackson, and O'Donovan (N.S. and F.U.). A resolution was moved by Mr F. Heath, and seconded by Mr J. Cadogan, strongly protest- ing against the steady influx of Chinese, Lascar, and other cheap Asiatic labour into our mer- cantile marine, and calling on his Majesty's Government, at an early date, to introduce a measure with a view of ending the system. Mr Geo. J akson, Seamen's Union, in supporting, wished it to be understood that the Seamen's Union was an international one, and they had no objection to the Chinese or Lascars, as such, but they strongly objected to the system pursued by the Shipping Federation of using them to undersell the labour of British and European seamen, and to evade the Compen- sation Act, new food scale, and other bene- ficent measures the present Government had granted to seamen. He said that a few weeks ago in Newport they had the spectacle of Chinamen being used to blackleg the dockers, and it was stated in the Press a short time ago that some colliery proprietors in South Wales would be pleased to utilise Chinese labour for the working of some of the poorer paying seams of coal. One Glasgow shipowner had gone so far as to state that Chinamen were more efficient and braver than Britishers. That is a libel on our race. Some of our own men might be too much addicted to drink when ashore, and small wonder after the dog's life they lead aboard some ships, but they were never cowards at sea. The resolution was carried unanimously, and it was decided that copies of it be sent to the Prime Minister, the Hon. A. Balfour, Mr Winston Churchill, Mr Lewis Haslam, M.P., Mr John Redmond, M.P., Mr W. Henderson, M.P., Mr J. H. Wilson, M.P., and Mr C. Laws (Shipping Federation).

MORE PIT-RDOF 8L1P8. Bargoed Adds to the List. A sad accident occurred in the Bargoed Colliery of the Powell Duffryn Company in the early hours of Monday, by which one man was killed and another sustained such severe injuries that he had to be conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary. It appears that a large stone fell from the roof, causing the almost instantaneous death of George Burchill, jun. (21), residing with his parents at 9, Yew-street, Aberbargoed whilst John Summers (26), residing at 60, Bedwellty-road, Aberbargoed, sustained compound fracture of the leg. First- aid was rendered to the injured by George Nash, and subsequently: Dr. Charles Reedy was in attendance. Ammanford Fall. Charles Clapton, of Wind-street, Amman- ford, whilst following his employment at the Pantyffynon Colliery on Monday, was injured by a fall, and had to be conveyed to his home, where he was attended by Dr. Scott. Saw His Son Killed. At the Dynevor Arms, Tirphil, on Mon- day, Mr R. J. Rhys held an inquest on Tom Clarke (15), of Craig, Rhymney. Evidence was given by the father that the deceased lad worked with him. Witness was engaged filling a tram when a large lump of coal, which was a back-faced rider, and of unusual formation, fell, crushing him. Assistance was procured, and when recovered the boy was dead. David Griffiths, who worked in the next stall, said that when the coal fell he heard the father shout. Tommy Tommy and then witness shouted^ Oh Tom John The boy is under the coal There was one sprag found on each side of the lad. The coal had to be broken before the body could be re- covered. After evidence as to the father's carefulness, the jury found a verdict of Accidental death."

SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. Increased Imports. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Har- bour Trust was held oh Monday, Sir Griffith Thomas presiding. Mr Glynn Price, moving the adoption of the monthly financial statement, pointed out that this year the Easter holidays were in April, while in the preceding year they were in March, but, nevertheless, the total trade in April this year only showed a diminution of 9,000 tons in comparison with April of last year. There was a substantial increase in the imports, the principal items being :—Copper ore, 3,400 tons increase calamine, 3,600 tons wood goods, 6,000 tons and pyrites, 1,300 tons. There was a decrease in the imports of cement of 1,600 tons, and of iron ore of 4,000 tons. The exports of coal, coke, and patent fuel were practically the same as last year, but tin, terne, black plates, and galvanised sheets showeda decrease of 12,000 tons, though the exports for the four months of this year were still in excess of those for the four months of 1907. The finan- cial result of the month's training was a surplus of £3,393, compared with one of £5,696 in the corresponding month of last year. Mr Aeron Thomas seconded, and the report was adopted. On the recommendation of the Pilotage Committee, whose minutes were introduced bv Mr Tutton, Captains F. C. Wright and Row- land Bevan were appointed sea pilots.

ALLTYMYNYDD SANATORIUM. Lady Drummend Memorial Fund. The list of the subscribers to the Lady Drum- mond Memorial Fund has just been published. Over JE800 has been collected, which, besides wiping off the building debt till December 31st, 1907, also provides funds for a turret clock, a memorial brass, and for at least two or three sleeping chalets. As the administrative offices have been built for thirty patients, whilst the want of funds compelled the curtailment of beds to twenty, these latter will be most useful for additional patients. Anyone who has lost a friend or relation, from consumption could not perpetuate his memory more use- fully than by erecting a chalet to bear his name, or by contributing money for the mis- sing wing of the Sanatorium. At present the various vice-presidents of the twenty districts are busily wording so as to be able to hand a sum of £1.500 to H.R.H. Princess Christian at the opening of the Sanatorium, which is the calculated cost for a year of the twenty beds. We are glad to state that there seems every prospect of their being successful if people continue responding as well as they are doing at present.

SWANSEA LOST Will. In the Probate Court on Monday (hdore Mr Justice Bargrave Deane) an application was made for the grant of probate of a copy of the will, dated 3rd April, 1904, of Mr John Jenkins, of 24, Lambert Cottages, Swansea, who died in 1906. Mr David Rhys, counsel making the applica- tion. said the testator took over the custody of the will in 1906, and after his death the will could nut be found. The parties interested had given consent to the application, except two sons, and they offered no opposition. His Lordship allowed J.1roba.te o( a copy of the will-

National Deposit F.S. ANNUAL MEETING AT CARDIFF. The annual meeting of the National Deposit Friendly Society was held at Cory Hall, Car- diff, on Monday, and was attended by dele- gates from all parts of the country. In the absence of the president, the Duke of North- umberland, the chair was occupied by Mr W. R. Carling, Guildford, chairman of the General Committee. The proceedings were opened with the Welsh national anthem, sung by Mr W. E. Carston. The Lord Mayor (Councillor Illtyd Thomas), accompanied by the Town Clerk (Mr J. L. Wheatley) attended, to give the delegates an official welcome. He said he was glad to hear their society was flourishing, and he also gathered they were the first society in the kingdom to allow ladies to take part in their deliberations. (Applause.) Proceeding, he criticised the old-age pension scheme of the Government, which, he said, helped those who had not helped themselves, whereas societies such as this helped those who helped them- selves. He suggested to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he should have a graduated scale of old-age pensions, so that a man get- ting lls per week might not be deprived of the 5s State pension because he happened to get a shilling over the limit. The Chairman thanked the Lord Mayor and the citizens of Cardiff for the welcome, and said the name the Principality had for being genial and generous to visitors had been well maintained by this society's reception in Car- diff. The Chairman moved the adoption of the annual report, which stated that during the year 24,524 benefit members were admitted, 2,179 withdrew, 5,785 lapsed, and 616 died, giving a net increase of 15,944, the membership on 31st December, 1907, being 169,099. With regard to sickness, 30,793 members (including 1,921 females who received confinement pay) 'received sick pay to.the amount of S64,333 39,575 members drew medical pay to the amount of S26,558 187 members received old age pay to the amount of £ 1,466; the represen- tatives of 569 deceased members received £ 1,707 from the funeral fund, and 708 mem- bers received grace pay amounting to £ 2,123. The members placed to their deposit accounts the sum of £ 69,928. The withdrawals from deposit amounted to £ 46,672. During the year 109 loans for a total sum of S31,390 were granted to members. There is a steady de- mand for these loans, which serve the double purpose of affording a suitable investment for part of the society's funds and also for giving the member facilities for acquiring a house for his own occupation. During the year 549 new assurance policies were effected for a total sum assured of X9,539, and pensions of 10s per week. The number of policies in force at the end of the year was 2,255 the total amount of the assurances being £ 38,173, and pensions C9 3s per week. The Chairman concluded by ex- pressing the opinion that the report indicated substantial progress. Mr Keetley (Nottingham), in seconding, de- precated the agitation on the part of some members to increase the amount of mortgage granted to members buying their own houses to more than four-fifths of the value of the house. The money the society had lent to members to become owners of their own houses had brought in a return of iC3 13s per cent. Their general policy was not high interest but safe security. Proceeding, he spoke of the large increase in the amount of sick pay, and said a sub-committee had been appointed to investigate the matter. Commenting upon the increase of Y,22,000 to the old age pensions fund, he said their society had fixed the amount of pension at, 9s per week. They would, he added, regard with a jealous eye any infringement upon the thrifty habits of their members. Mr Phillips (Beds) moved a recommendation to thgjj eneral Committee to the effect that in future fines should be credited to the sick fund instead of to the management fund., If that were done, he said, they would be able to con- siderably reduce the sick rate without inter- fering with the reserve or surplus funds. Mr Mortimore (Devon) seconded, and sug- gested a limit should be put to the height to which salaries of officials could rise. After a dis- cission the recommendation was agreed to and the report was adopted. The Secretary announced at this stage there were present at the conference 43 members of the General Commtitee, two auditors, and 241 delegates out of a total of 256 entitled to attend. Mr W. J. Dawe (Plymouth and Cornwall) moved a resolution in favour of extending the society's benefits (medical benefit excepted) to members emigrating to Canada. He said he did not wish to establish districts in Canada, but merely to enable their members emigrating to the Dominion to retain the benefits and privi- leges of membership of the society. Rev. E., W. Leachman (Bournemouth) seconded. v Mr Bennett (Birmingham) moved an amend- ment that,owing to the dffiiculties and the legal disabilities of Friendly Societies in the Dominion the time was not ripe for the pro- poseA extclnsion. Ur J* C"le (Graildford>««ooBded. After a long discussion the resolution was carried by a large majority. A further resolution was carried without dis- cussion extending the benefits of the society to the Army, Navy and merchant service. It was decided to hold the next annual meet- ing at Bournemouth, and a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and to the president and members of the Cardiff Divisional Com- mittee for the arrangements made and the hospitality given to delegates. Liquor Trade Workers' Risks. There was an interesting discussion at the close of the conference in reference to the re-* duction of a Kent member from Class A, owing to his being foreman of a brewery stores. A motion was proposed to reinstate him to Class A. Mr Bennett (Birmingham) in defending the Proposals Committee, who had reduced the member said a scale of daaigerous occupations had been agreed upon, and it was in accordance with that scale the member had been reduced a class. He proceeded to quote the mortality returns of persons directly engaged in the liquor trade, showing that up to the age of 25 there was little difference in the mortality of those engaged in the liquor and those in other trades but after the age of 25 the mortality amongst those in the liquor trade exceeded that of occupied males by five per cent. A delegate from Burton-on-Trent in advocating the reinstatement of the member to Class A recommended -those who drank a couple of glasses of beer and got drunk to drink a few more glasses and get sober. (Laughter.) During further discussion it was pointed out the member in question was a teetotaler. The motion to reinstate the member to Class A was defeated by a large majority.

The Church Commission. LLANDAFF DIOCESE STATISTICS DETAILS FROM RURAL DEANERIES. The following tables, based on official figures submitted to the Welsh Church Commission by Mr W. Godfrey, give detailed statistics con- cerning the position of the Church of England in each of the rural deaneries of the two Arch- deaconries of Llandaff and Monmouth, which, combined, constitute the diocese of Llandaff. It may be added that the Archdeaconry of Monmouth is co-terminous with the county of Monmouth. The Archdeaconry of Llan- daff comprises the whole of the county of Glamorgan, with the exception of the rural deaneries of East and West Gower, which are in the diocese of St. David's ARCHDEACONRY OF LLANDAFF. Percentage to population of RuralDean'ry Popula- Accom-Comma-Aecom-Commu- of tion. m'da'tn.nicants.m'dat'n.nic'ntB Aberdare. 65,949 8,045 4,129 12'2 6'2 Barry 27,249 3,723 1,530 13 6 S'6 Caerphilly 42,938 7,801 3,992 18'1 9'3 Cardiff 164,296 16,874 9,354 10'3 57 Groneatfa L. E. 4,036 2.261 692 560 17 0 ,.W. 14,126 3,661 1,158 25-8 8-2 U. E. 60,968 11134 5,246 18-4 8-6 „W. 62,015 10,745 5,400 1T3 8 7 Llandaff 23,949 6,082 2,621 25 4 10"9 Merthyr 70,999 8,446 4,175 11*9 5'9 Penarth 19,642 3,797 2,054 19'3 10-4 Rhondda 148,137 16,126 6,870 10 9 4'6 Total.704,304 98,695 47,221 14-0 6"7 ARCHDEACONRY OF MONMOUTVH. Abergavenny.. 14,342 4,663 1,704 325 119 Bedwellty 54,061 &,980 4,302 16 6 7'9 Blaenau Gwent 91,490 10,741 4,242 11'7 4 6 Caerleon 5,695 2,726 1,031 478 18-1 Chepstow 7,904 3,822 1,004 48'0 12"7 Monmouth. 8,941 4,417 1,424 49-4 15-8 Netherwent. 5,114 1,938 589 37'8 11-5 Newport 92,460 12,849 5,611 13"9 6'fl Raglan 4,025 2,418 773 60 0 19*0 Usk 15,124 4,067 2,233 26-8 14-7 TotaL 299,156 56,621 22,913 19 0 7-6 Total for the whole Diocesel,003,460 155,316 70,134 15'4 6'9

js DID HE USE KNIFE P Bridgend Wounding Case. A coloured man. William Thomas, was charged at Bridgend on Monday (before Messrs Oliver Sheppard and W. J. Lewis) with caus- ing injuries to a collier, Andrew Fothering- ham, with a knife. Fotheringham said that on Saturday night he saw defendant creating a disturbance in- the middle of a crowd. He went up and advised him not to be a fool and -to go away, whereupon defendant- struck him in the face with; an instrument which he be- lieved was a. ,knife. His lips, forehead, and eye were cut, the wounds necessitating several stitches. Dcfondr/nt said that Fotheringham, who had been persecuting him for some time, struck him on Saturday while in a public-house, and afterwards outside. They exchanged blows, and defendant admitted that ho might have cut Fotheringham's face with his list, but denied that he used a knife. Mr Oliver Sheppard said the magistrates were not, satisfied that defendant had used a knife. He had undoubtedly committed an assault, but appeared to have had consider- able provocation, and he would be let off with a fine of ii.

Members of the Amalgamated Labourers' Union on Sunday presented a purse of gold to Mr Harry Williams, of Swansea, the general secretary of the union, as a mark of gratitude fr,l: his services 1 o labour.

Lady and Dinizulu. MISS COLEN80 AND NATIONAL ANTHEM A Blue Book was issued on Monday contain- ing official correspondence relating to native affairs in Natal. It deals almost exclusively with the trial of Dinizuiu in, regard to which many points were raised by the home Govern- ment in despatches to the Natal authorities. These included the questions of the exact charge preferred against him, the right of the Natal Government to suspend his salary pend- ing the result of the trial, and the provision of a suitable counsel for the prisoner. The latest despatches from the home Government on the subject include inquiries by Lord Crewe as to the treatment Dinizulu is now receiving, and whether an approximate date could be named for the conclusion of the preliminary examination into his case. Replying on these points the Governor of Natal informed the Colonial Secretary that Dinizulu is being dealt with liberally in a manner befitting his state of health," and that it was not possible yet. to give the date for the conclusion of the preliminary examination, which was being conducted without avoidable delay. As soon as the witnesses for the prosecu- tion had all been heard the Government would obtain without any delay all the witnesses from Zululand that the defence might desire to call. The suggestion that Dinizulu's salary should be withheld pending the result of the trial was made by the Natal Ministers, but it was negatived by Lord Elgin. Another matter on which some information is givon in the Blue Book is the refusal to allow Miss Colenso to interview Dinizulu. Newspaper reports of the evidence and of the proceedings in connection with this matter are given, including the text of an affidavit by Mr Carter, Minister of Justice for Natal, from which the following is an extract :— Miss Colenso, to further the political influence of the prisoner, according to information in possession of the Government, has taught the natives lat Bishopstowe Schools to sing the National Anthem in the native language, but amended so as to introduce the name of Dinizulu in place of that of the reigning Monarch. The sacred anthem, There is a green hill far away has been parodied and is being taught by the applicant to local natives in terms as follows :— There is a big gaol far away Outside the city wall, There our dear chief is incarcerated Who was ready to die for us all." Pietermaritzburg, Monday.—The Supreme Court to-day heard an action for alleged libel brought by Mr Carter, Minister of Justice, against Mr Davis arising from certain com- ments made by the latter's newspaper regard- ing the preliminary examination of Dinizulu/ Mr Carter denied having exercised any control over the proceedings, and says the exclusion of Dinizulu's counsel from Zululand was not due to any Ministerial action.—Reuter.

GUARDSMAN'S DEATH. James Earley. a 1 24, of Pimlico, was at Westminster on Monuay accused of the murder of James Sanderson, a young private in the Coldstream Guards. Detective-inspector Ward said that about 12.15 on Sunday morning the police received information that Sanderson had rcceived serious injury at Commercial-road, Pimlico. The man never regained consciousness, and died later in the day. In the evening Earley was arreste^l at a public-house in Pimlico. He was cautioned and formally charged with murder. He then sida, I know nothing about it. I was with my old woman shopping in Fulham-road at the time." Some time after Earley had been taken to the station (the witness continued) he said, I may as well tell you the truth—I did it. Some soldiers interfered with my wife by pushing against her. One of the soldiers then hit me on the chest. I struck him back. The other man then made for me; I hit him with my fist in the jaw, and he went down." The Magistrate I don't see how you can make this out to be a charge of murder. It may be manslaughter. Inspector Ward The account given by the prisoner is not that given by several witnesses who will be called on a future occasion. Their evidence will be that Earley deliberately struck the soldier on the back of the head with a heavy bottle, and so knocked him down. A remand was ordered.

MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS. Portuguese v. Spanish- Troops. Lisbon, Monday.—A despatch from the authorities at Portalegro to the Government states that a serious conflict has taken place between Spanish and Portuguese troops. The encounter originated with a party of Spanish amuogtax* who in an endeaveaar in iiimiiiita tobacco ind silks toto BMtbgal were racptaad' hy the Portuguese fiscal authorities, a brisk fight ensuing. The attention of Spanish troops over the border was attracted, and they cross- ing the frontier arrived on the scene. Owing to the intense darkness of the night the Portu- guese troops mistook the Spaniards for some smugglers and flred into the new arrivals, who promptly returned the fire. A general melee followed.aeveral women who accompanied the smugglers taking part and using long Spanish knives with great dexterity. When eventually both parties discovered their mistake it was found that with the exception of several smugglers dead and wounded the band had escaped to the Sierras. Several Spanish and Portuguese soldiers were killed and wounded, and two women were killed, one having her head laid open by a sword stroke, the other having been struck by five bullets.— Central News.

MECCA PILGRIMS MUTINY. Tangier, Monday.—On the Arrival of the Dutch steamer Helena in this port from Bey- rout and Alexandria with a number of pil- grims from Mecca a remarkable conflict occurred between the authorities representing modern methods in respect to sanitary precautions and the pilgrims. The Board of Health refused to admit the sliip to free pratique, and on learn- ing that they must proceed to Matifu to undergo quarantine the pilgrims mutinied. They threatened the crew, who, in the face of the hostile attitude assumed by the pilgrims, were unable to take the vessel to the quaran- tine station. Soldiers were sent aboard to quell' the mutiny, but the pilgrims were in such force and so determined that they did not succeed in restoring order. The Diplomatic Corps requested the Minister for Foreign Affairs to despatch more soldiers on board the Helena in order that the crew of the steamer might be protected until the arri- val of the ship at Matifu. This request the Minister declined, and until the pilgrims give way and submit to the usual regulations matters will apparently remain at a deadlock.—Central News.

ALLEGED POISONER. Irish Police Strategy. Mrs Cleary, who was deported from New York, and arrested on her arrival at Queens- town on Saturday, in connection with the mysterious death of her husband, arrived at Claremorris on Monday in custody, and was taken before the magistrate and remanded to Castlebar Gaol on the evidence of a detective, who stated his inquiries were not yet com- pleted. A large crowd gathered round the rail- way station to see the accused, but the authori- ties had her removed from the goods station. and taken in a covered carriage to the barracks, which she had reached by the time the train entered the platform.

HOOLIGAYS BOARD^A^TRAM, Paris, Monday.—The growing audacity of the Parisian Apache, the hooligan of La Ville Lumierc, was evidenced by an attack on a tramcar on Sunday at midnight at the corner of the Rue Saint Martin. The driver noticed a gesticulating individual lying on the road in front of the car. It was necessary to stop the vehicle, and the conductor left the car to ascertain what was the matter' with the pros- trate man, and removed, him to a place of safety. He was immediately surrounded by a band of thieves, who robbed him of his takings and then entered the car, and wounded one of the passengers. On the appearance of the police the band took to flight-Central News, ————————— I

SHREWSBURY DISASTER. A resolution has been passed by the Swan- sea Branch of the Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen's Association (a) protesting against Colonel Yorke's theory that the Shrewsbury disaster was caused by the driver dozing off, and suggesting that a practical test be made with a similar engine, and experts like Messrs Clement E. Stretton and Rous Martin on the footplate. The Newport engineers and firemen have passed a similar resolution.

ALLEGED STAB. At Swansea Police Court on Monday Thomas Morris, bricklayer, was, charged on remand with wounding Annie Griffitlis. It was alleged that prisoner stabbed the woman. P.C. Barry said he found prosecutrix bleeding from a .wound in the chest, and he took her to the hospital. On the way to the police station prisoner said, They were all beating me, and I did it in self-defence with an old cobbler's knife." Prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed to the Quarter Sessions for trial, bail being allowed.

GRIM SALVATION ARMY SERVICE. -L" Now York, Monday.—The Tribune pub- lishes a description of an extraordinary Salva- tion Army service at Pittsburg yesterday. The hall was .draped in black, and from a coffin on the platform a local Army loader suddenly I stood up clothed in shrouds as though rising from death, preaching an impassioned serfnon which moved the congregation to tears and moan«—Central News.

BY D. EMLYN EVANS. The Harp, Pipe, and Crwth. In the remarks which appeared in this column last week on Giraldus Cambrellsis's Itinerary and Description of Wales," brief reference was made to his statement in regard to the musical instruments of the Welsh, viz. that they made use (in his day) of three— the harp, the pipe, and the crwth or crowd and the editorial foot-note to the latter (Sir Richard Colt Hoare's, we pre- sume) expressing the view that the crwth was generally supposed to have been the origin of the violin, which was not commonly known in England till the reign of Charles I." Adding that "before that time the crwth was not probably confined to the Principality, from the name of CroWdero in Hudibras as also from a fiddler being still called a crowder in some parts of England, though he now plays on a violin instead of a crwth." Whether the violin was derived from the crwth or not is a matter of contention, and one that is not likely to be ever decisively settled. Most wri- ters, however, agree that the crwth is one of the oldest stringed instruments played with the bow that we know of, and Venantius For- tunatus. Bishop of Poitiers' lines, written about 609, in which he mentions the" chrota Brittana, are well known. Some eminent authorities derive the crwth from the Rotta and the Lyre, while in their genealogy of the violin that instrument ia raced through the Rebec and the Rebab to the Ravanastron. Very possibly Emil Nau- mann may not be very far wrong when he states in his History of Music that The Rotta, most likely appropriated from the Northern Celts, may, conjointly with the Re- bab (or Rabab), introduced into Western Europe from the East by the retiring Crusaders, be regarded as the fore- runners of all our modern stringed in- struments that are played with the bow." And, indeed, one may almost positively assert that it is entirely to the combination of the Crout (or Cnvth) and the Rebab by the people of Central Europe that we are indebted to the violin of to-day. The Crout may be said to have furnished he body and the Rebab the neck, pegs, and bow. Mr Edward Hercna Allen, in his highly interesting brochure on the Violin and the Crwth ("The Ancestry of the Violin") ob- serves that "The Romans colonising the North- western part of Europe introduced their lyre, where in course of time the use of the bow superseded that of the plectrum, the lyre be- coming the rotta, and subsequently the crwth or charotta. Meanwhile the Moors from Spain and the Indo-Germanictribesgraduallysuffused the continent, bearing with them their most convenient bow-instruments, and with them drove the crwth before them, till it had to take refuge among the aborigines or earlier inhab- itants of-the north-west, lingering on till it died a natural death in the wilds of Cambria (which, as we know, has remained more ex- clusively Celtic any other part of the Continent) until the last century The rude Icelandic 4 fidla is the only existing prototype of the crwth." We may here add that the crwth existed in Wales until the end of the 18th or the begin- ning of the 19th century. Judge Barrington, in a paper which he read before the Society of Antiquaries,in 1770, said that it was then played by one person only,John Morgan, Newborough (Niwbwrch), Anglesey, but Bingley, in his book on North Wales Its Scenery, &c. pub- lished in 1804, mentions that he had heard it played by an old bard in Carnarvon in 1801. Apparently this closely preceded its final dis- appearance, though the name survives, it hav- ing been transferred to the violin prop er. This is but the common habit among other nations than the Welsh, and materially adds to the difficulties of the musical historiographer The word crwth in the present instance often misleads those who may not be acquainted with the language, or well-informed as to the details of the case. Ieuan Gwyllt used,if he did not introduce, the term crythen—diminutive of crwth—for the violin, and Welsh writers gen* erally would do well to follow his example. Unfortunately, the bards have done their best in a contrary direction, and brought their powerful force to bear and to perpetuate the inexactitude as witness Ceiriog's charming lyric to the-" Inspired Bard "— Canu'r wyf gan chware'r crwth," and the erstwhile popular ditty— 0 rhowch i mi fwth, a thelyn neu grwth, &c., &c. t ^V^hayea^giadv refepgd to thg juse of tha.. rttThead of all this wartnee"i'STIlWy Crowdero marched expert and able." And Marston in What you will says — Now the musicians Hover with nimble sticks o'er squeaking crowds, Tickling the dried guts of a mewing cat." An ancient bard described the crwth in one of his poems, which, translated and reduced into prose, reads as follows :—" A fair coffer with a bow, a girdle, a finger-board, and a bridge its value is a pouncl it has a front- let formed like a wheel, with the short-nosed bow across. In its centre are the circled sound- holes, and the bulging of its back is somewhat like an old man, but on its breast harmony reigns, and from the sycamore melodious music is obtained. Six pegs, if we screw them. will tighten all its chords six advantageous strings are found, which in a skilful hand pro- duce a hundred sounds a string for each fin- gsr is distinctly seen, and also two strings for the thumb." We must return to this theme again, but some of the facts stated above will prove useful when discussing others of the ancient Welsh instruments and matters connected there- with.

SCIENCE OF HOME MANAGE- MENT. 'v. The Ideal Training. The Association of Teachers of Domestic Science held its annual conference at Finsbury Town Hall on Saturday. Lady Rucker, the president, in the course of an address said in all directions the country was waking up to the importance of domestic science. The most far-reaching result of the Victorian era of scientific discovery was the recognition of the need for some scientific training in every curriculum. It was still true that in too many homes in this country the woman's privilege of inaccuracy and weakness was accepted. Why should our rate of infant mortality still be nearly double that of Norway ? It was due to an amount of ignor- ance which was a blot upon 50 years' higher educational work among women. But those 50 years of teaching, in the face of strenuous opposition and misrepresentation, were neces- sarv, for women had had to win the right to be educated at all, and they had had to prove they were worthy as good an education as men. Now they had to go a step further and show the highest education could only be at- tained by the women who carried research into those fields of activity which must ever be woman's work in this world. They must get rid of the horrible idea that household duties could be left to the family duffer," and show instead that the best brains of the country were needed for the work. It was true that the work had been despised very largely because it had been badly done. Their great aim must be to get university recognition of a course of household economics. An ideal course would give the complete science of the efficient management of a house in all its branches, a big institution, and a home large or small. The whole subject would be covered from the purchase of a site to the bacteria of the larder, the chemistry of the kitchen, and the chemistry of the wash-tub the economic principles underlying its ruling, the psychology and ethics of its moral government, and the culture which would help to enlarge the minds of those who lived in the house. Miss Annie Glover, headmistress of the Clapham Higher Elementary School, in dis- cussing clerical work v. hand work, said house- craft had fallen into very serious disrepute though it was really skilled work. Bookishly clever girls were presumed tú be above such worK., instead of incapable of doing it. Any girl who showed herself capable of passing easily in the top class at an ordinary elementary school was supposed to be too clever for any but a clerical life. Who, the speaker as iced, would be the Florence Nightingale of the domestic services ? Who would be the pioneer of the band of thoroughly trained, attractively uni- formed, peripatetic household helps who, with their neat portable cases of the latest domestic appliances, would step in to do specified work, either by the day, job, or week ? As matters stood, charing was the last resource of the untrained, unsuccessful, middle-aged and old, and the work was unorganised and unskilled.

WARNED BEFOREHAND? William Dersley, a barman at the Alexandra Hotel, Oxford-street, Swansea, was riding & bicycle down the gradient at Liliput, on the Mumbles Road, near Swansea, on Sunday with a man named Clement on the step. At the bottom the machine collapsed, and both riders were brought to the ground with some force. They were 1Ioih injured, and it was several hours before Derslej recovered. They were conveyed to the Swansea Hospital. It is said that they weiv warned of their danger before the accident took place.

The death, under tragic circumstances, is r ported of Mrs T. Snow Miller, widow of Mr T. Snow -Vtiler, who some years ago was the col- lector of Customs at Cardiff. Mrs Miller, who. after the death of her hushan went abroad with her sons, was found dead off a forest trail at Kona, Hawaii. It is believed she lost hel way and died of exposure. Mr and Mrs Millei lived at Llandaff, and were well known a Cardiff. Mrs Miller was a sister of Lady Robert? and of the late Mrs Sladen, wife of Genera Sladen, and one of her sons was formerly; solicitor at Cardiff. .i